The dynamics of phosphodiesterase activation in rods and cones

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1954-1970

  Reingruber, Jürgen ^a   Holcman, David ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENTATION; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCIN;

EID: 44049108830     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.116202     Document Type: Article

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